The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1970
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
2:07 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 586
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.41° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.65° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.